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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 17, 2014

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Palestinian women walk between buildings destroyed during fighting between Hamas militants and Israel in the Al-Shaas neighbourhood, in the north of the Gaza Strip, on August 16, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ROBERTO SCHMIDT)

Liveblog August 17, Day 41 of Operation Protective Edge (closed)

As officials talk truce in Cairo, Israel braces for more rockets

By Elie Leshem, Lazar Berman and Marissa Newman

Cairo proposal defers discussion of thorny issues; IDF could have conquered Gaza in days, says ex-NSC official; lift Gaza blockade for security, Hamas demands

AnalysisEgypt’s proposal, bad for both sides, means the conflict may end with no deal

By Avi Issacharoff

PM: No ceasefire deal unless it meets our security demands

By Adiv Sterman

Top general says Israel should have hit tunnels sooner

Lacey Schwart'z bat mitzvah. Her film 'Little White Lie' tells of her discovery in adulthood that her father was black. (JTA)

Documentary reveals Jewish mother’s ‘Little White Lie’

By Rebecca Spence

Lacey Schwartz’s film about reconciling her hidden black paternity to the Ashkenazi Jewish home she was raised in strikes universal themes

Michael Freedman

That quaint British ‘fair play’

On the muddled Britons who agree Israel must use force but aren’t comfortable seeing death and destruction

Deployed, destroyed but NEVER enjoyed

Judaism frowns on the victory dance

Fighters from Islamic State seen marching in their stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, June 2014. (AP/Militant Website, File)

Islamic State said to kill 700 people from Syrian tribe

By AFP

Killings come as al-Sheitaat tribe defies jihadist group; 600 civilians reportedly among dead

This undated file photo posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from extremist Islamic State group during a parade in Raqqa, Syria (AP/Raqqa Media Center, File)

IS jihadis could wind up on UK streets, Cameron warns

By AFP

UK prime minister says he won’t send troops to Iraq but will work with Iran to stem advance by Islamist fighters

Israeli soldiers standing at the entrance of the village of Hussan (Illustrative photo: Oren Nahshon / Flash90)

Israeli hurt in Molotov cocktail attack near Jerusalem

Man taken to the hospital with wound to the head, second-degree burns, after car attacked in West Bank

20,000 pro-Israel protesters march in Kolkata, India, August 16, 2014. (courtesy Hindu Samhati)

20,000 march in Kolkata in show of support for Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Protest organizer says India and Israel, ‘surrounded by very tough neighbors,’ are united in peace

A demonstrator holds up placards reading, in Hebrew, 'When there is no peace war comes' (top) and 'Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies' (bottom), as thousands of Israelis protest during a left-wing peace rally in Tel Aviv calling for the Israeli government to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority, on Saturday, August 16, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/GALI TIBBON)

Thousands of Israelis call for dialogue at TA peace rally

Protesters hold signs saying, ‘Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies’; renowned author decries growing radicalism in Israeli society

A mere 1.2mm in diameter - the thickness of a dime - VIPIR's borescope camera is the smallest commercial camera ever screened by NASA for use in space. Here, the device is shown next to a United States dime. (Photo credit: NASA/Jon Kraeuter)

Tiny Israeli ‘Martian’ camera powers NASA repair robot

By David Shamah

As in the movies, a vision system that can move in any direction will peer around, under, and into space equipment

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Donna Orender (photo credit: JTA/Donna Orender)

For ex-WNBA chief Orender, NBA breakthrough for women a show of respect

By Hillel Kuttler

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Slip of tongueKISS rocker sorry for attack on depressives

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a news conference Monday, May 20, 2013, in New York (photo credit: AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Yahoo to buy Israeli startup for over $15 m.

1 killed in motorcycle bomb blast near Haifa

A demonstrator holds up placards reading, in Hebrew, 'When there is no peace war comes' (top) and 'Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies' (bottom), as thousands of Israelis protest during a left-wing peace rally in Tel Aviv calling for the Israeli government to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority, on Saturday, August 16, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/GALI TIBBON)

Hebrew media reviewGaps of wrath

By Joshua Davidovich

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